Leather and some animal skins still allowed, while circuses will be banned from using wild animals like tigers and bearsCalifornia will become the first US state to ban the sale and manufacture of new fur products and the third to bar most animals from circus performances under a pair of bills signed on Saturday by […]
VIEW ALLAn incredibly rare original sculpture by the beloved children’s author Dr Seuss is heading for auction at Profiles in History this week.The strange sculpture depicts the fake taxidermy head of one of Seuss’ surreal creations: the Mulberry Street Unicorn.Sculpted and hand-painted by Seuss in 1939, the work is one of only five originals known […]
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Conrad “Connie” Holzman and his family business Holzman Furs on Historic Mitchell Street are admittedly old school. “Made In America” is the only sign of quality he wants to see.And he hates online shopping.“Nowadays, what you buy is crap,” Holzman said. “The reason you’re buying online is because you’re lazy.” source
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A citywide vote to decide the fate of a collection of rare taxidermy mounts slated to be shipped out of state won’t happen.Concerned Citizens for Sioux Falls has come up thousands of signatures short in its attempt to refer a decision by the City Council to offload more than 100 specimens known as the Brockhouse […]
Dr. Seuss: Taxidermy artist? CBCsource
Need a stuffed crocodile? This B.C. museum has 2 of those for sale, and a lot more CBCsource
Need to borrow a polar bear fur? Or a walrus skull complete with tusks? Or how about a beluga whale vertebrae or piece of baleen?All you need is a library card and a trip to the Alaska Resources Library and Information Services on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus.The library — better known as ARLIS […]